[TheForge] bridge

[Larry Ruebush]

I was just reading in todays paper that two brothers were charged with 
stealing the bridge. They cut the bridge up with a cutting thorch and sold 
the 15 and 1/2 tons scrap for more than $5,000. Thy worked on it in late 
Sept and early Oct. They told the scrape dealer they had permission to cut 
it up, but the dealer called the police.
This was a AP story

Larry Ruebush
west central IL
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From: <dann at wctatel.net>
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Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] bridge


> Imagine a slightly  "out of area"  professional road construction crew
> with the right equipment, warning signs etc, pulls up & posts the road
> closed signs.  Even if they weren't so quick about it, cutting and
> demonlition takes far less time than construction. The cost of the oxygen,
> acetelene and / or propane would be written off in their next or prior
> real job. They could cut the bridge down, load it up and be gone without
> law enforcement blinking an eye.  They would have had a scrap yard lined
> up  before they ever started.
>
>
> Then with Craig's idea in mind, there might be additional motive to have
> the bridge "replaced".
>
> Dann
>
>>
>>
>> On 10/12/2011 12:58 PM, CraigSchaefer wrote:
>>> Perhaps someone just needed a bridge?
>>
>> Not entirely ridiculous.  We were looking at a 160 acre parcel in WV,
>> access to which was via a rickety steel bridge crossing Big Creek.
>> Seller confirmed my  uneasy suspicion that it would have to be replaced.
>>   Cost was upward of $400K, which would have more than doubled the price
>> of the property.  Point here is that these things can get very costly
>> and if your sole access to home is over a bridge that absolutely needs
>> replacing... well...
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